Exactly 85 years ago — on Nov. 30, 1939 — the USSR’s aggression against Finland began. This “Winter War,” as it came to be known, was part of the Soviet leadership’s grand plan to divide Eastern ...

In December 1939, the Soviet Union launched a large-scale invasion of Finland, expecting a rapid victory that instead turned ...

Lessons from the conflict are still important to the Finnish Army, especially the Jaeger Brigade, which specializes in Arctic ...

Is the cold a curse or a tool? From Napoleon’s frozen retreat to Finland’s "White Death," see how history's greatest commanders used General Winter to crush their enemies.

In The Winter Warriors, translated by Nick Caistor and based on the 105-day Winter War (and especially on the exploits of ...